525.16 CONTEMPT OF COUNCIL SUBPOENA; IMPRISONMENT.

   (a)    No person shall fail to respond to or comply with any subpoena or process issued by Council or any authorized committee of Council properly served upon him. Whoever violates this section is guilty of contempt of Council or such committee and, upon a finding by Council, shall be committed to imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of time not to exceed sixty days, or, in the event the contempt lies in a refusal to testify or produce documents or papers, until the contempt is purged.

   (b)    Council, after it has ordered the imprisonment, has the power to order the release of any person, either at such time as it is satisfied that the contempt has been purged or for good cause shown.

   (c)    It shall be prima-facie evidence that a subpoena or process has been properly served if the same shows a return thereon evidencing personal service upon the person or persons named therein by the person serving the same.

(Ord. 68-20. Passed 2-27-68.)